Exam question 1 · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the effect of a prefix upon the spelling of a root word.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, effect, spell · To what, where: response, effect, prefix, root word

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 effect	det
11	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 prefix	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 prefix	det
14	prefix	prefix	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 effect	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 spelling	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 spelling	det
17	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prefix	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 word	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 word	det
20	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 word	compound
21	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spelling	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the effect of a prefix upon the spelling of a root word		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus effect=Experiencer
4	effect			a prefix upon the spelling of a root word		nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
5	spell			a root word		nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The spelling of the root word remains unaltered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spelling	det
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remains	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	compound
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spelling	nmod
7	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remains	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the spelling of the root word					unaltered property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spell			the root word					nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The final letter of the prefix is invariably doubled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 letter	det
2	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 letter	amod
3	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 doubled	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 prefix	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prefix	det
6	prefix	prefix	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 letter	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 doubled	aux:pass
8	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	9 doubled	advmod
9	doubled	double	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	present · passive		the final letter of the prefix				invariably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	letter			the prefix					nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The first letter of the root word is invariably omitted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 letter	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 letter	amod
3	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 omitted	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 word	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	compound
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 letter	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 omitted	aux:pass
9	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	10 omitted	advmod
10	omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	omit	present · passive		the first letter of the root word				invariably property	vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	letter			the root word					nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The spelling of the root word is determined anew in each case

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spelling	det
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 anew	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	compound
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spelling	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 anew	cop
8	determined	determined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 anew	amod
9	anew	anew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 case	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 case	det
12	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 anew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the spelling of the root word			each case		anew property	tree rules
2	spell			the root word					nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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